Fergie: Jones Is Our Future Captain

April 1, 2012

Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that Phil Jones will be Manchester United’s captain one day.

“He’s definitely a future captain,” said Ferguson. “There’s no doubt about that. I said that from the minute he came to us that I thought there was something about the boy. He was doing great until he started getting all these injuries and a bit of illness with ‘flu. That kind of thing has derailed his time with us as he and Chris Smalling have had a nightmare, the two of them. If they can stay fit for the rest of the season, it’ll be a big bonus for us because they are exceptionally good young players.”

Last season, Jones was in the Blackburn team that lost 7-1 to Old Trafford, and even at 6-0, was screaming and shouting and his fellow defenders. Ferguson claimed it was this attitude that helped confirm that this was a player we needed to sign on day.

Ahead of facing Blackburn tomorrow, Jones has revealed that it was our 19th title winning celebrations at Ewood Park last season which confirmed to him that we were the club he needed to join.

“That is exactly why I left,” he said. “I had some fond memories from my time at Blackburn and there are some wonderful people at the club. But I wanted to win trophies and become part of a team with a massive background, which United have. To lift that trophy at the end of the season would be a wonderful achievement for me.”

I disagree with your opinion. Mr Jones has all the tools to become one of the best Box2Box MFs and regarding CB position is concerned "at this point" he doesn't fit in (as he is only 19 there are chances that he may become an excellent CB in future). When you see so much attacking instinct in such a young player I feel it is better to move him to a position which complements those instincts.

Smalling is already a polished defender with few errors in his defensive game where as Jonesy has a lot rough edges with respect to his defensive game. The good thing is Jones is only 19, so he has loads of time to get polished. The bad part is the attacking gene in him will not be utilized to the maximum if he is to play at CB